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.2:1:3 cejiava. win. vr'lv, ' "V ;i? V" t if " .-A-wA .... t-rru h i. TS.' I'l iOf.'i? ,fcn:..iV md M 'i. ul oil I ..mili ; j I i f. r ff "PLEDGED BUT TO TRUTH, TO IIBEETY AND LAW NO FAVOR SWAYS US, AND NO FEAR SHALL AWE." r-: 'rjir,'H.A5A-iyti. VOLUME XIII NUMBER 10. CANTON, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1874. WHOLE NUMBER 630. . I' T. """'"' ' AJ 1 - v,-'" ' - -- . !. The Canton Press, COXOtrCTOD Y J. W. BARRETT & SON. DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL, rTOTKB to Tin umum or Homo, Country and Humanity. BUBBOBIPTIOK: K VEA, IX AOTAHCS - M.0O. Six Conies, one jesr -.'-' 10 Ten ..... n.Oj KATES Of ADVRHTISINO I Pit Km. 1,11. W. ik W.20 Tare 1Tki 0.80 Three Month..... 0.7S 4ii .Uonlua l.! one Tear 1.IHI Per furs. tl.M" I 00 O.w s.oo 19.00 Pre Column to.oo 31.00 M.no 79. M ln.oo IV intermediate aar,e or time In urnpnrilon or at pelel ratea, in AdrerlliemenL 1 Ilie aln rates to lake In een.ral ran of Ifct paper. 'ilriJM Tntntl-Ttft ftrctnt. Mlr. Ut-gnlar advertisers allowed qnarterly changes w.lhnut extra charge. I J- Obitnarr notices (lending one aqnarewlll lie liarred at Imiradveuleing rates. W B. OKATIS. IK. B. BSMTOH. GRAVES &HENT0N NO. 15 FOURTH STREET, Canton Missouri, TIIOUUIJiUmUUUI!l Proftaatonol Caria. DR. HUGHES c.ontlnurs to practice UfioeiBri.ny in Chronic Ulv , ppmilUonip1ilntaMpeiilly. ittmWo on Fourth turoei, tvrn ttoont bf low f Anion IIOUM . Ilpl74tr ' " JOHN W. HAWKINS PHYSICIAN & SURGEOX, Will lve prompt at tint ion to all cwa mtriMinl t il" CI DRUGS,, V; Patent Medicines, Dyes, ! WtiJl'TS, OILS, I BOOKS, 8TAT10NKBT, ' , Fancy CSrOocia, j t'UTI.F.It V, fcC. j Mlunrtllt " - j j w ill ii uiiiyjii j DKAI.lt R IN Drugs MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, DYES,' Mll.mt'S BDILniKO, : ' fourth street, above i.kw is CM'TOjV, mo. BB. OBHrU TOTHT HUSBAVS. Bo jentlo th.ro an honn wllen lir Bj aazlou otro Ii touod ; And ihidowi dttp ll on his brow. Br bmlMM trltli oronod. Bo gentl. : for too ho tolb), And Ihlnka and triTOI to fain Home oomforta and homo happineM ; , Don't let blm itrlro In Tain. Be gentl. : thengh eomo haitjr wor.l . Should (all, it was sol meant ! A smile, a kind word will recall, And many more prerent. . U. gentle : Oh I 'twill soothe much car?, And make oaoh harden light ; A gentle ton will smooth the brow, A nd draw an answer bright. Be gentle t though it may aerm hnril To check an angry word ; Yet try, and It will snrrly I. ring A full and rich reward. does hor fathor do?" ' ,rtn "Hekeops a largo clothing Mb- lishment." ' "What!" roarod Pen ny wise '"A tailor? It shall not be. The arms of I'onnynise shall novor bo married with a needlo, or distigaroil by great , Uonven I a goose I It shall never ft DOTcr never!" -: i"7 .T1" P?,if?,'tun,0 ,m 1 nd,cbt" PS0G2ESS OF RAILWAYS IN MIS-oil lor this visit " be asked, wheeling SQTTRT around IVora hie desk. SUUSI. "To tbe best of fortune," answered tbo governess. "Pleaso road this ad- ''0 fulluning intureslin tublo ox-vcrtiscment that 1 am eoiurr to insert' hibita tho iirogreas of railway build- in to-raorrow morning's papers," nnd lnK Missouri for tin- pnst thirty-two "PHZSS"-ID.. sne hanaoa mm a slip ot paper on which ho read the followintr : uItmnstbe!"saidLannoolot,iroin'l;l - "M.titRiirD On Tnesdny, tho 17th tho door, "Cnuao I've 'poppod Inst., at Grace Chnrch, by T!cv. Joro. BE OSNTLE TO TH7 WIPE yenrs : TSAR. 1MU 1 "-65., 13(! 167 I Be gentle for yoa llttlp know Bow many trials rise : . Although to thee.they way be hiiiiII, To her of giant size. Iln gentle though perchance tlMt lip May speak In murmuring tone ; The heart may speak wltu kinrtneM yet, And Joy to he thlto own. Bo gentle weary hours of pain 'TIs woman's lot to bear ; Thon yield to bar what support tlin.i And.a!lJitr.Boiijluri to ; nnd she's accented me.' Tho old roan mechanically arose, 1 and walked to bis study, where ho be gan pacing mo noor, as we round him : at tho corainoncomont of onr storr."' A gontlo knock on the library door i roused Mr. Pennywiso, and bidding ' me nnocKer come in, no aoiuoa him-i self in his easy chair, and prapared to i-ccoivo his visitor. Tho visitor proved to be tho govern-. ess of tho two Misses Ponny wise ngei , twolvo and fourteen whose disnr- derly conduct and wilful destruction , of wardrobe and text-books occasioned j many n yiajj. to. the library, ..aftctahc i dinnor-hour, by the governess. , She was a neat, pretty littlo body, 1 this eovci-ness. and had nflon ntirnr iml jlhonulice of tho youug bloods who he cnllod a messengor, nnd bade him ' nnd population, during n given period, minh Waller. D. D., S. T. J)., Mr. Charles tinshinston to Rmoline, eldest 1K.8., daughter of Jacob Petersham, Ksq., 1MD.. all ofthiscitv. No cards." , "My doar Jiliss lorr," sauf Penny- juuijiing i up irum inn i 'inur, , n)ig "you Imvo saved tho family you huve ism . ...... W done wonders I owo you n debt of '.'25 grntitado I can never pay." ,st!(i 938 "Well, hero is a debt you owo mo j-'J yon can pay," inid Amy, producing iksd""!!" '"!!!!!!!!!!!!!'."..'."!."!!!!!!"!!!'. 1713 the agreement. "I will thank you for ; l70.'!I"""..Vl!i!!I.VlIl"JJ""".V.VJ.V.".'."." i.'ooo ten thousand dollars in greenback, ! Is"' 2.5SO I don't want a cheek, I want the nioii. ' J633 2,l!73 ":. .. ... . ;:;::-;::;:;,:,vv-"::":"r":; ,tvi . .'.'My dear Aliss...JJorrv-. said tlie. ." c.eeuingij:. vaiuaotQ banker, "if it took my last dollar, I , " criterion of tho material progress would not repudiate vour claim." of 1,10 s"ll0 for il ' 1,11 accepted fact AnUdruwinfrnchcc It tort ho amount. I "'"l ",u "'" " " ","J weauu AN UNCOMMON 8WUT STIAM- I BOAT. I I Sulnd lor tho solitary I.ettnco Accoriling In the (.'incimmli Knqui-1 "'"no. t reran anriuut mnriin'r tcll hi :-! Impecunious animals Those who porienco us follows: ; haven't a scent. "I suppose yon never beunl of the Tuno does not hnw to. old Klephuul lliut used to run botweeu must bow to time. The coin that is most current among mankind I flatter'. you, you When is a thief like n reporter!1 Whon ho take notes. your name on jcamo tovisit Launcclot, but sho paid igo to the bank nnd get ten ono thoiin- nml Collreo, canton, gmar, in I A large Stock ol w.e. DOWN IS , ATTORNEY AT LAW, PURE DRUGS, PATKNT MEDIOINKS, Be gentle for tho noblest heaita At times sanst bar somo grief, And tren In a pattlsh word May seek to and relief. NOTARY PVKL1C, CANTON, MO. ' tj-Offleo over Grates A Hentort's nriijj stori1 "TJecTSIf ' j.. T. Lewis, ATTORNEY AT LAW, REAL ESTATE AND General Collection Aent, CANTON - MO., BKIHO nerlectly acitinlntPil with the BUrronndlne oountry, lutM auncrlorracllitica for buying una telling real rbliHe, and cbd moke quick collections. Advancement!! luml. on good paper, r.. 4 ll Iraats fulalletl with protntttneat anil flili-lltr. Offlre in Bank rlmlding, Corner i 4 th & Ievt S I s I laolS8tl ' , FANCY AND TOILETTE GOODS.; Tors', noTiosi, I ' Palnta, OUa, Dyes Glass, &c , ' Constantly on haml, ami aoMt Low For Cash. prtiiscHirnoNs carefuija com ! POUNDED. ' C. TAWEKDE. ISaptGOtr Be gentle none an perfeet JieM ; - Thon'rt dearer fur than life j Then husband bear, and still forWar-Bo gentle to thy wife 1 HOW SUS EIU IT. W. A. 3I KIM, No. 10 Fourth St., I'nnlon, Mil., DKAT.ER IN I TAtremoTedhlaofflco. to No. 19 Fourth street L oppoiiM UAWKin a JJurBtc's Btore, wun Dr. Uiutfrovo. nu prcparuii to ao an worn in i Hat 01 mi Drofaulon In & workmanlike manner, Twtb Inserted on Uold lMato, I'litlna, Contlnn- oaj Uum nd btlvoi I'Uia. Tetilh sittritotad witu- oot pun. smuiieif-u 15otcla. DOWNS HOUSE, 7 Corner of atb auil-UwIa SlreuU, CANTON," - - IWIHSOWWl - ir.tf. DOWNS. PtajnUlor. OCCIDENTAL ".HOTEL, s C23 HAMPSHIRE BTKKUT, Nonrn Sina, o.tirv, r. nuavns, proprietor. lon'7.1tl ' Farmers' Hotel, MOUTICEIiLO, MO., W. P. MITSSCn, Proprietor. A well fnrnlabed table, moderale chaise, ffllh Potor Pennywiso was in deep grief. All tho hopes of a lifo-timc wore to bo frustrated. Tho fond ambition ho had so long nursed, bis pot scheme tomako tho name ol Pennywiso the greatest in tho land, was now no more. His only son, Launcclot, was to married, and married to a plobian to a trii'l who I hnd wealth, but no name, no family. no ancestry, or no cont-ol-nrms on tho pnnol of hor conch. Could human misery be greater ? I "Could tho Ossa of ifriof pilot! on tho i Polion of disappointment moko n 1 Uio govorncss, henvior load of sorrow t No. Tho cup "No, I an powerless powerless, of Pennywiso was full to tho brim, ! will wed tho tailor's daughter, and and ho must drain it lo tho lees, how-1 disgrace tho great, tho aristocratic ovor bitter tho draught Such was ! namo of Pennywiso." tho tenor ol old Pennywiso's musings ! Thcro was a smilo playing around as he pncod tho volvot-carnolod flnoi-i tho corners of Miss Dorr's mouth, nnd Agricultural lmnlpirifnte lof ms 'ibrnryon tho evening whon our' satirical twinkle in her eve, ns Mr. Agricultural implements, , . ....,,,,, . . ; P01,nvw,s0 8oko of his '.-!.m,.,.,.i naa bad with bim,asthoysnt togotherrnnmc. CUTLERY, NAILS, AND BUILDERS MATERIALS, AIM ROCK ISLAND PLOWS, .. In great variety. Including the celebrated Black Hawk Cultivator, And many other kind of not tho slip-htest nttontinn cither to thoir compliments or glances, attending quietly to hor pupils, and seeming wholly wrappod up in their chartre. In i fuel, Churley Gnshington, who was l falling in lovo with every girl ho met, i onco observed of hor to Launcelot : .iiiKt, 1 "Launco, that governess gal ! .wuai. uor-nnme f A my Uorr pnl ff r got any heart. Tho only thing sho ; could lovo would bo nioi o pupils, or plenty of money." "Good ovoning, .Miss Dorrtuid TPennywise, whon Amy hnd entered J the library. ' What ran I do lor you this ovoniug ? " "Kxciiso mo, sir," said Amy, hesitatingly. "I wished to soo you about I my pupils, but I see yoa nro grioved , and agitated, and as I fancy I know tho causo of your ngitntion, I will not annoy yon with my commonplace comiiiniius, "You know the causo?" gasped Pennywiso. " Yos, sir; I have no wish to intrude my opinions or my knowlodgo, but the catiRO ol your griol is, I imagine, the approaching marriage of your son, nnd I think he is acting most foolishly." " You nro right, Miss Dorr," asserted lhooldgontlomnn--"You uro right." Ho is acting most foolishly most foolishly." "l annotyou prevent il ? asked und dollar notes. Alter tho messen ger hod departed on his orrand, Pennywiso turned to the governess and said : "How tlid my son bear the nvws that Miss Petersham was false to him? is nn approximate ratio to tho number ol miles ot railway built, Tho reasons for this aro too obvious to need demonstration. Tho lirst railway building clone in tho Stato was in 18 12, when 8S miles ot track were laid. I roni that period until 185.1, thirteen so ms. us i:ti) ; Cincinnati and Jfow Orleans. She 144 Wis a beauty. I suppose that when ?!? ' sho was tied to the hank with n storn-I line and tow-line sho was ono of tho " st7 1 fastest boats on tho river. She made 838 1 ono colobinted trip from Orleans, I' U is better to ran-o ... 38 think in '47. Her time was made n hmri, il. nn m-l,l matter of record. Tt was seven dnvs six hours and three weeks. Comi'ii' I , olfux is a liboral patron ol hoo. up from Orleans once, tho Captain t'll"k, aml "IT10 was sitting ut tho liihle, und ho noticed . Expcriendo is a torch lighted in the several hig hulks of fellows hcrvin' as , ahes of our delusions, cabin-boys. He called Ihe steward to i , , , . , , ,. him nnd'he Wx, 'don'l you think it1. A had wind-upol the week reeling would look better to have hoys wait- home on "'S1"-in' on tho table t I don't like to soo Very, very blonde hair is now call-men lilliii' the place ol cabin-boys. J od "tho light fantasticJow l.ol'emgonna get some young cliaps 'Why, d n it, Captain,' says the steward, 'them fellows were boys when wo lell i o w I Irleons.' " " I ho ilepluint, contmucu .Mr Thnnk honven. mv I'amilv will not he ye"', "ot i ot road was built in uisgniccd! " W h err ho" ITrst ilncovereil that .Miss I'otei-shain was receiving attentions from Mr. (inshington, ho threatened to commit snicidu ; but I linally induced him to listen to reason, and he attended tho roremony last night." "Hut how iliil you cllect this nltorn- Troublos are liko dogs ; tho smaller they aro tho moro they annoy yon. Tho best engineering building n Hartshorn, clinging to : bridgo of faith over tbo rivor of Heath. Iiiu nmitSi'o! i,,t,i !cmi, "n'liu mill. I in' out from Mcinpliis one day on n down triji, and somehow she got mixed up with a rait of saw-logs. 8hc hroko one of logs loose, and it floated out into the stream Tho Klcphunt headed down the river, and dually tho State, but in tho iiextJvoj:i!araS'?l.n-'i21,fi-0f-t'lfl-Ml' Thcu-oiuJ 'fho boyhoTindOTOoiTToutiran" TtTe hniidsoTno nuinberof (iTS miles menced one of tho nicest races you egg-plant anil was choked bv the yolk, was added to tho 139 in 155, making ovor 8eo- 'f ll0re wft,, R S001 "'"K0 of has reeovorod. To all of which T wonld Invite the attention ol Ihe public, and solicit n liberal almre or llieir valued IiHirunBRe, OmulfJtr GKOUGE TALBOT DttAI.SR IM Groceries Provisions, KNimii's ni'ir.niNfi, Corner nfSth f Vlark Ms., Canton, Mo. riFFItBS A CIlntrK anil well u.artefl atnr.k nr KJ Faniiiy Urocerlea, Jto. , at renaonaule rate, lur of tllO scion of Cash for Country Produce. n)ium73ir lion in him '! You are n witel shonld say n gooil fair'. I low (lid vou doit?" "Will tho boy be longiil the hank ?" inquireil tho governess. "No : ho is hero now, I seo you want your monej- before you givoynnr information j quito right." Well, there it is. And ho handed hor tho money. Miss Amy walked to tho other end of tho room and placed tho mono-sale in hor bosom. Then, turning to .Mr. Pennywiso sho said : "Mr. Pennywise, you ask mo how I obtained your son's consent to tho union of Mr. (inshington and Miss Petersham." "And saved my sou from nn alli ance with a woman sociably beneath him," interrupted Mr. Ponnywise. "You marvol nmonjr women, will vou tell mo ?" "I will." "How did yuu do iti" "1 married him myself, liooil muni-1 ing, sir.' " AN ANCIENT CITY. Tho latest doden in books Ttoturn- ing borrowed volumes ns Christmas presents. On the rugged end ofdespaii The boy with n hole in tho sent of bis new trousers. water, und tho log boomed along right lively. I'or about a week they held together puny well, Dul Uio i.lc- hant hail to land at tho mouth of hite river, and Iho log bent her into New Orleans about twouty minutes. There was something wrong with the Elephant's boilers, and sho coulden't make steam proporly. That's what tho Captain said. Sho was a nieo boat to shiji fruit on," said Mr. Hartshorn. EARLY MAKEIA32S. BD. XAGOff. joinr ii. bio OK, ample artllnf and ynn' " WILUAM ELLIS, DEALER IS LUMBER, .SHINGLES, LATH SASHt noons s, sums, WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES, CoIlegeSt., bet. tlhandtttli, ' CANTON, - : - MI880UIII A NEW and liberal stock on hand for th 3R3 ilr of ouitomern on satuntctory termn. MM WARRANTY QUIT-OLAIM u administrator's DEEDS OF TltTJST -.-.-5-rt--r -.--r-i-AiriiW JtloitiMajES, For Sale at this Office. EAGON & BIGGS, PKALRKM IN GROCERIES WHVSTOTS" No. 25 Kortli Fourth fltrett, CANTON, - MISSOURI. tJT The Hlgliftt Market Price pntd fjrConntry Protluoe "SJS7. 0. Daniels, DXAtss. nr . Pork Provisions ONE DOOR W1EST OF City Hall, Clark Street, Canton, Jlo. The highest CASH R ATE. will he paid for COUNTRY PRODUCE IJanflmo Enjoy Tour Smoking ' . . TOU CAN DO T! BY " Buying your Cigars OF AUGUST GLOESER Lewis St. bet. 2d 48d.: 1 AT WHOLESALE OU RETAIL. .eaepWU . I New Stock! NEW, STYLES! Jt IUtGK ASSORT MKKT Of t-Lttclies iPine Shoes, B0QTatS.H0ES! .. . V ' Or SXSTQtJAIJTT, ' OilBtonlacl3s i' TTJ3T RECEIVED! : , And eenuig at UWBST riQUBCS at Ik. Boat A Shoe Store of . i, . . . .. . rt.BTWAHT.-. No.-ss Clark street, Caetoa, Mo; Haqffstr ' ''J y ... ,Confsct!2ii8ry IceGrecs Saloont ,.itr.tar'WlMj.; If rt Lsrsc Tor-- t"-jaaf;slt Ms. y " Oa lr tawtM.Uaewkia laesai. Mt I L. W .-oq fcrrar ' --ie. tsaatiaott , t .,.. ,w j QUEER & FLEMING. (Sncevitaor toH.S. Turner,) WlSTSKaeir UNDERTAKERS, Bland Street between Sth and 7Ul, CANTON, . MISSOURI A full assortment of - METALICCA8E8& CASKETS WOOD COTTltit, ETC., I El KKPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. t3 tMpi'itr sipping their winei after Jiaw, hnd ueou the cnuso ot tins tumult In the breast of Petor Ponnywise. Launcelot was a weak-eyed and pink-skinnod youth, with thin yollow hair, which he parted in Iho contre, and a littlo wisp of saffron whisker on each aido of his face, the palling of which with his nervous little hand constituted the principal employment of tho scion of the house of Penny-wise."Pather'snidLnuncolot, after gulping down two or three glasses of wine to givo him courngo. " Father." "Well, my son, what do you want ?" asked the pompous head of tho house. "What do you think of marriage?"! " What do I think of what?" qucs- iioneii uio surprisoa rennywiso, rarmnce, rcpnea Jiauncc or -PHILLIPMILLERr OITOmMINaatalaaeweallSles.eY &t Xewts Strut, aim Fourth, At terms which; otisTfsnge competition a choioe GROCERIES. CROCKERY kl QUEENS WARE wooDmrAE, i" Louisville Hydraulit Cement, ;..' . ..!! '" : ; I . J P HAT 7TCN - ..sjasaei r,CTpHr-wOi.' ii"-. i "Matrimony, you know.. Two hearts with but a single thought, two souls that boat as ono, und all that." "I think that every man should marry, and I would bo glad to hear that you bad fixed your uiFcclions on some lady with tho proper qualifications," said Pennywiso. "Whntnro the proper qualifications ?' inquired Launcelot. "ramily," replied his rather, "Family whatevor else yon do, bo sure to never disgraco tho namo of Ponny wise by a plobian connection." " Why, is our family such a grent one r aemanaoa tne yoong man. . "A great ono !" ecbood Pennywise; wny, us mo greatest in tho land. Study carefully tho geneabgical troe that bangs in the hall, and. which cost me five thousand dollars to have prop erly traced, and you will seo that the name of PonnvwiBe was ns well known ns that of William at the time of the Norman conquest, and that thecoat-of-arms is ono of the miut respectable and nneiont that ovor heraldry boasted of." " Well, of course, that's all trne, father; but I've heard some of the follors at the club say that grandfather was a pawn " , . , i vYour grandfathor was a broker arid n banker, as I myself am, and Was fully aware of the responsibility of being worthy of his family," said Mr. Pennywise, Interrupting his son: ittherefore.be.iegan.my-edaetiot by impressing the value of a family namo npon my young mina, ana so, whon l had grown older, and he intimated to me that I ought to marry, the highly ruspoetable Miss Poundfoolish, I wont to that lady, proposed, and was accepted. Thus I consolidated the two great families ot rennywiee and ronndlool-ish, and you and yonr two sisters are the result. Bat you asked rov opinion of matrimony-'-aro' yon thinking of marrying r ... - - Ye-es; sir," gasped Launcelot. ; M And whom do you propose honoring with your namo?". ; i, Hlss-a-Miss Petersham,", answered the youtkful Ponny wise, i , t -. u.Perersham---Peter8ham ; I never heard of tv Petersham. Who is she ?" demanded the old gentleman, with a darkening broir:' ' - ' - ;,. "She I very rlcB'.,:J. '' ; Ana Jjanttoeiot nraitored. : :: t'Biohea are TomwelL but von do not need them. :i Yotrt mother lefl all ber fortune, and I shall leawe- you half of mine if you marry as I, wish, Whcistbia ibis e4enlUsa, ,w5Tt -v.: i 'il. . ''Hiin --At CI i-.i:a t Can you not tlirenten to disinherit him r sho asked. "Xo use no use," uroanod the dis- consulate Ponnywise; "he has half u million left to him by his mother. "A half a million 1" cried Amy, and tho smilo nnd twinkle faded uwny, leaving her face stern, and calculating- lOOKIIIft. "Air. I'oiiuywise, tins uianiago would bo scandalous. Listen ; I know .Miss Potorsham very well; iufuct,she considers mo ner intimnto Iriond "My son's wilo tho intimato friend ot a govornoss, signed Pennywise, regardless of tho feelings of the girl bo-fore him. "Yes," replied Amy, not heeding the insult ; " but sho is only a tailor's daughter: " Alas ! alas ! too true, too true," said the- tinlortunato I'onnywise. " Mr. Pennywiso," continued Amy, " yon aro rieli, very rich, and l am poor, vory poor. Von regard this marriage as a disgrace to your family. I think I can prevent it. What, will you givo me il I do ? " " My dear Miss Dorr," cried old Pen nywiso, jumping np from his cbair, "if you can prevent my son from murry- ing tne tailors aaugnier i win nestow upon you ten thousand dollars." '"Tib a bargain," said thogoverness. "Please write a little agreement to this ofToct : That as soon as I givo yon proof that Miss Petersham is marriod to somo one olso than yonr son, yon will pay me the sum of ten thousand dollars." . "Married to somo ono olso than my son !" euid Ponnywise, as ho was writing tho ngreomont. "Yes," answered Amy, ((that is my plan. I will multe her marry a young man I have in my mind now." ' "But my son will not permit it : ho is so loscinnted by this tailor's daughter.""I will seo that ho permits it," tho governess said, taking tho agreement Mr. I'ennywiso haa drawn out and signed. , "My duty is to provent tho marriage with Alms Petersham. "Yes," said the old man, "Do that and I will bless yon;" and the inter view enaog. For the week immediatolyjfollow s; suo vvciiuig-xnG ioregoipg conver sation tooK place, Miss Amy, vory much to their dclip-ht. absented her self entirely from hor pupils; and she migbt nave Doen seen any afternoon walking arm in arm with the lovely auss retorstmm. ;, j, During these walks, somehow, Mr. Charley Gushington invariably met the two ladies and joined them in their j:j i i i . . wuik nor uiu ne seem w regard me meetings as at all- unexpected. Tbe fact was that the jwily governess had introduced Mr. GoBUington to Mies Petersham, and was, unknown to them liinoisg the flame that they declared was i consuming ; both ttieir 'yoong hearts, . i , ,: ..... ... .... , ... Three weeks "had passed since the night Miss Amy had agreed to prevent tho marriage of yoqqg Penny wise with Mias Petersham, when one morning the governess presented htreelf to tbe clerks in the office Of Mr. Pennywise. ana asttea to see that gentleman, one was qsberajoLinio a pstvafoBUsstTVJre be, jfoiepi JnelsrlBVorewi yatjiniMihurprUsdlAsekisvwUir. .t '.! I co 1 '! "'A ormnoinli,ni i.n. r.,..:ul.,t .... 1 . "J iui iiiiu .III i ouil, interesting description of an ancient ! Year. city in .New Mexico, inhubited by u remnant of tho race, which centuries ago was a flourishing tributary of Montezuma's empire. Ho has visited tho towns, tulkod with their inhabilniits, and studied their customs. Tho larg est souloment is In Now Mexico, about thirty miles South of tho border lino ol Arizona. A strong wall surrounds it, nnd within nro houses for about four thousand people, though tho population is only 1,800. Tho language and somo of the customs resomble Chinese, thongh religions worship is formal nnd pompous. Tho priests have heavily embroidered robes, which have boon used for unnumbered years. IXiko tho Poruv-iansy-rhrrpcoTjIo fcscjr a total of 817 miles 1800. In lSlOtho tho population of tho Stnlu was 383,. 702 ; in 1850, 082,0Wan increase- of :MI7,:!I0. In 1 Still the population was 1,IS-',012, an incioaso of 44'J,!ltJS, or nearly double that of the previous decade, showing that tho inlluenco of railways in developing tho country was thon beginning to lie felt. In tho dccailo from 1800 to '70, in spito of tho devastation of war, tho State built 1,18.1 miles of road muking in nil 2,-000 and added 530,2S3 to her popula tion. During the noxt threo yoars ending January I, ii4, I no Mtato There are hundreds of young men built I'lO miles of road, and the in- that should bo married' w'ho are not crease ol population has been propor- married. To marry early is discreet iionai. .mil wise. And when men and womon But it i'b in tho marvelous liiercaso aro of'n murriaienblo atro. 1 think it to in iiiitiunui nciutn, es penally ill ino no. in iroiienu. true tuat, 11 is wnoie lurolopmcntot mininjj and miinulac- sonic lor them to bo inarneil. It is luring industries, that railroads havo not necessary that they should remain neon especially useiiit in .Missouri. sintrle because they stand in poverty Without railroads our fertilo prairies for two can live as cheap as one, if wouiu no uniiueu, onr mineral weal in they live with discretion, it tliey live iiiiuiiii-iiuu, "hi iiuiiiiiiuciorii-H nun wiui co-oiieiaiive zeiu, ii tney live us furnaces unbuilt. Hut railroads aro thov ouirht to livo. If the vottntr man ino inai'icians tnai nuvo urouuin con- is willinsr to seem poor when no stiniers and producers together; havo poor; iftheyoungwomnn,boingpoor; brought the iron from the banks, tho is willing to' live poorly ; if they are coal from tho mines to tho common williuir to plant their' lives toirothcr contora whero our immense factories like two seeds and wait for their nro now located. Let us examine a crrowth. and look for their abundance lew statistics in relation to tho increase bv und bv. when they Imvo luirlv ol --manufacturing industries in -.Mis- earned it: then it is a uood thinir for them to come early into tins partner ship., r'or'chnraeters adaptjthemselvcs souri from 18."0 to 1870. Amount Vo. E..- No, III ill!. I. ur lui-iit?. ITanili . Capital. If."- .j,i.j.n lvjus . ",.-i;ti,Mi7 ihi :i,n: i-i.iwi ...n,(ui,.o l;u ll, .-;t ti.,t3.'ii .ii,.'!;.!.'! Iheso figures are theii Xo one will ' Valu of - I'niililct iV-iH'i! 'if fit" more easily than thov iim.'auliaii afterwards. They who marry corlv own com- nro like vinos trowing tot;otber, and uientuiT. An one will venture to twining round and round each otnor, question that nino-tenths of this won- whereas, multitudes of thoso who dcrful increaso in manufactures is due marry late in life stand side by side to tlio extension ol railroads. They like two iron columns, which Deing bring together tho consumer imd pro- separated at the beginning, never come ducer, the miner and manuiucturcr; any nearer to each oilier. llio snipper and receiver. Abolisli our railway system and mining, man- Tim coming transit of tho planet tifueturcrs and agriculture would in- nits, Dec. 8, 1874, is nn event of great sianuy connpsc. uven hampering importance to tho sciontmc world, legislation moro severely affects tho and extonsivo propunitions are being iiiniiuiiieiurersinan mo rnnroaos tnem- made tor tho on selves. Hmhraif Rmsm- The story of the lieccber scandal is to bo published in ten octavo volumes of f00 pages cacli." Why is natni'O liko u baby ? lie-causo ibere is generally n squall when its Inco is washed. M. Tliiors is quite restored to hoalth and likely to outlive a dozen more French rovolutions. A car of fruit is shipped Cast from Son Francisco, Cal., every day. Kaeh car contains ton tons. Lord Kgcrton has pnld $52!,O0O for two estates containing about 0.10 acres in Chcshiro, England. A late marriago in London was between Mr. Pickle and Miss Onion. Ono moro onion pickled. They fined a man in Boston the nth-or day'just for singeing a cat to drive tho witches away I Shame I In Montana when thoy start a man down hill in a barrel thoyspoak of his "appearance in a new roll." Tho King of Dahomey has a necklace composed of 2.10 human ears, nnd that necklace is his great pride. Thoro are only tbreo ways of get-"'"" ting out of a scrape write out, back out nnd, the best way, keop out.- Thoro will bo no post-oflico clerks in heaven unless the L'irls stoD direct to each oilier tn the early 'periods of ing thoir lottors "outti-corncred.". . " Tho Etnpross of Austria is said to bo the handsomest princess and one of tbe handsomest women in Europe. Charles Botioker, of San Jose, California, received 958 Angora goat by a single railroad train the other day. "She has a magnificent voioo for a (og whistle," is a portion of a Western description of a local prima donna. Brigham Young calls it "celestial marriage," because no earthly court will hold it to be any marriage at all. iiieprvniinn iit'lhiit pla a record of ovonts by tying knots in long cords, iho government is nd ministcrod by thirteen caciaues. oi chiefs, six of whom aro selected forliio, the others being elected from time to time, mere isn head chiorandn vico head chief, a war chief, otc. . Evory. body votes, morals aro good, and wo men nro respected, a fact which nlone makes n wido gulf botwoon tho dwell ers in this ancient city and tho horso-mon of tho plains. Tho place was montioncd by a Spanish Jesuit in 1,)29. and is probably ns old nsthe Moxican empire which was in its hevdnv of glory and prospority whon invaded by Cnrlez. The Mir.i.tNiAL Celebration iu Ice land has mado the world familiar with tho social and political condition of the poople ot that Dlacls and isolated re- gion. xnose groat nations who boast of tho achievements ol civilization in arts, arms and commerce may derive somo useful lossons in the social order, contentment and simple thrift which prevail among thoso dwellers amid tho giaciors oi the frozen zono. We nro told that in a population of 70,000 three persons charged with functions similar to our police officers, and vice and crime are of most infrequent oc currence. V bile thoro aro no great educational institutions, the facilities for rudimontnry instruction are sharod by al, and literature and science have uevoiea patrons, ino judiciary sys win. in WIIHH feature of w lion, whero parties litigant meet and state thoir grievances to the presiding judge, who isonabled usually to secure a settlement without the intervention of lawyers. The right of suffrage is extended to all who pay their taxes tbe poll-tax alone being about Vt. 'I be new constitution gives to tbe Iceland ers the right to regulate their own affairs, and affords many of tbe features of free government, for which they have long contendod, and its promul gation by tbe king baa greatly endear ed turn to tbe people,, though tbeir disiitte of JMorway, ot which they are an integral prqvince, and by whom tbey have been oppressively taxed, is ery bitter.i-, , - et across tho sun's disk. Tho last transit, visible from the enrtli neenri-ed OFF THE TRACK. in 1869, and there will not bo another till 2004. By the knowledge wo now One of the pernicious practices which P0?8088- 08 ? u.asls ,or ."iauon, i havo grown up under tho reign of the " impossible io ascertain ino earth s Radicals, and especially of the Jladi- danco 'from the sun within 800,000 cals during Grant's Administration, is T .o, in oon Jn that of invoking tho aid oftho Federal about 8M80.000 milos as slight a mat-Governmont in cases whero tho Fod- ras,tlio distance above mentioned oral Ciovornmont has no right to act. "m"u lu ul ol ' ' P""" . ,ra- ir i, i..,h .it r ir.j portance; but a vnnntion oi 4U times oral usurpations, both legislative and executive, ef which the people most "on loounconain xosuitasironomors. interested have not complained be- It expected that tho observation cause placed in a powerless minority, w.l1,1,c1h W,H bo ,1,k,on "oxt .fZ and in which tho Democratic lenders w! 1 lenve n,"rSl" of. on 5.0' 00 have been forced to acquiesce, because m! f 8 open to doubt. As tho transit too feeble to exert any influence in will occur in the winter tho base of presenting n Buccossftii resistance. With a dominant majority of latitudi-noits nnd unscrupulous" Radicals, a President of easy political virtue, und a Mipreme i;onrt brought into exist ence by tho ruling faction of Centralists, the Fedoral Government baa con- observation must bo located south of tho equator. Great Britain will have stations in tho Sandwich Islands and in seven other localities. The United States will have eight parties in the field. France will occupy three sta tions, Russia four or five, and Gei- An Irishman founds a Government blank raeeotly,and rolling it np put it under ibis arm and . walked off, say ing, "Xuk that's moine U for Path rick,and,S lorMoCarty; be me sowh bat thia leavfntftHie-a feiuT tliiut, aai . i Wlian a CJaioagu maoninl nron sm father arald y : fr-if I hadn't aa esUmtiion I wtulda'fi beaUter find. ki.tvt ... i . .. i tinued encroaching on and absorbing JT uve- T.ho Prol,Ie.m 19 ."'"'I'O' tho rights of the States until tho latter !ei'!?iE?T ?!C"",S -r"',,,,!.R havo become almost as Impotont aa ,"V ' counties, Tho dawn of Democracy, ' which has botrun to aoooar. and the i.t.,i... ni,n, . ...... .!:.. .!... v roassertion onoe more of Slates Bights ,i.mnHH n ..tnnifhnl nmiL nrr doctrines win, wo trust, botore long twolvo-yenr-old, whom she caught fn restore the States and tbo General WOod-shed with somo companions, Government to the respoctive sphorcs eaoh wiln a figtful 0 cards, tbey were Intended to occupy by tho fraraers Of tha Constitution. wn tha rranonnf. .nHdinrr nnvtmiQlv m he saw the old lady take- offher. tods. The judiciary sys-l i wotita oo gtaa to kDowJiajJe ly aaministeredxastrilungr Tenns'l'hinks uboul all these urepar-L,,,) to j0 hich is tho court ol nrbitra- ations lor obsomng her transit, ll rm,.in,i.in ,,n T,tr 1 tne grlm reply, and the yells or that mnst be extromelj- harrowing to her DOy convnced the neighbors that she -. , not lonret to score, glasses" front all cornors of the earth. . , . Suppose yon had a transit, Mrs. Grun- Moniy Will Spist. A New York by, wouldn't you grumble at Jthat sort man who believes in advertising paid of thing? Wo have private and pep- a bill of $78,000 the other day tor a sonai reason tor believing mat v enus years worlf, out it was money well is Drcnarinir to inauire whether she spent for the earninm resulting- from has any rights which astronomers are that advertisement, which were divid-bottnd to respect ed among fbur persons, footed up to - oso,uo. ' 1 Dear Out Roiri "Now thon mm 1. 1 . : ; ame, Dlease look at this place on the To obtain a postage stamp at a Nia-wall.''snid a photographer to good old g hotel requires a five minutes Aunt Elizabeth, when he had put her struggle with two negroes and a bald tn positron ana tne piate in tne camera. uc"u ui-i . tad the flood ret-", fair to the phototrranher. cnntltr re-1 . --- i o marked :' "I doat see aeything there I" hack and ao to aieea wilhout dream ing of his niotber-o-lw. it is ocmaid- erett a anmcieat. (Tonia io qivoron. "Oh I ma.' There's aa angel with wing."j"Pah,w t that', nnjr . Tnia, yille girl with her ear spread." -,, ;,( j. Pours 'Pleas, air. V roerTlstr my oorn long etKms;b P'l kick yoa.'.'. Any Plymouui church man will tell you that this scandal businoss has rouse ed all tho lyin' in his nature. If. Y. Commercial. .. , "Now, Sam, if you don't stop licking them molasses, 1 II tell the. man." "By chalks, you tell the man, nnd I'll lick you and the 'lasses too." A delicate lady -who went to the White Sulpnr Springs on a mattress was so restored to health that she married a man worth 1200,000. ,.- i . A Now Orleans colored lady remarked that ber husband holds tbe " 'stinguislied position of stnpidnumer-ary on tho metropolitan police.'' Mrs. Austin, of Alexandria. Virginia. i. i , , '. k .r. ' uus iitcu in ono neignDornooa, tnirty-eight years and' hover borrowed hor neighbor's flat-irons or a cup of sugar. It is now vhnuied that the so-called California wild cofl'co i not tbe coffee plant, but ii plant resembling it, the beriy of which nets ns a powerful pur-gativo. ! -i." t-4ia :v ti... ' ' "Of course, we Couldn't have htm roaming around here and putting on Congressional aire," says a Nevada paper in explaining how a horse-thief came to his end. , , . s. Had a bail-storm - last sight," remarked a guest to a California landlord. "O no," was the reply, "only a raw of the boys shooting at the Chinamen, and the balls rattled against the nine. " " - -" ' ' rl : A German - resident of Trov haa a hen which, thrives on a daily allowance of lager-beer. This is eminently appropriate, as the beverage fh tines-tionderivea its nam' Irom the verb " "Jagern, to lay.".., -,.b '.Mi. "Biddy." soid a lad v. Stes iworand see. how oldXra. JaMalaiaHtr mora ing.", Iq a, few minutes Biddy returned with the information that MraJ Jones was seventy-two yearav-eeten months, aad two days old MtsJs soth ingwli.-.,:,., ,1( ) tf,.iilOT III"."'!! "lt ; Tbe inspiring sttosblae f th Mason haa tooohedth btmri elaa Aadiasiap-lis girl who coeclodea letter, lhas : "The ring is reaad, the dish is square, and we'll be married the next Stats) ialr. yTh ve'lbsdl rtt;; tMifcraa ahaus play,aod w'U gc-oVeMSinf all tha sra. U war. soon. j w la fllastratiea of Ue nle taos ikrtv fottva", eosnhinailns are tw fed weaponsventtiB both. we, 1 1 .w " aagepi s re a soot" lag. . ,ras. .uob ; 4 . : t-ey; aar 0 : tor W jmia. pro jidii4ff'iWt,, . . .iro:ifieJ Hiw ?.n-- 'b t i m r ."' Jl.se It. :

.2:1:3 cejiava. win. vr'lv, ' "V ;i? V" t if " .-A-wA .... t-rru h i. TS.' I'l iOf.'i? ,fcn:..iV md M 'i. ul oil I ..mili ; j I i f. r ff "PLEDGED BUT TO TRUTH, TO IIBEETY AND LAW NO FAVOR SWAYS US, AND NO FEAR SHALL AWE." r-: 'rjir,'H.A5A-iyti. VOLUME XIII NUMBER 10. CANTON, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1874. WHOLE NUMBER 630. . I' T. """'"' ' AJ 1 - v,-'" ' - -- . !. The Canton Press, COXOtrCTOD Y J. W. BARRETT & SON. DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL, rTOTKB to Tin umum or Homo, Country and Humanity. BUBBOBIPTIOK: K VEA, IX AOTAHCS - M.0O. Six Conies, one jesr -.'-' 10 Ten ..... n.Oj KATES Of ADVRHTISINO I Pit Km. 1,11. W. ik W.20 Tare 1Tki 0.80 Three Month..... 0.7S 4ii .Uonlua l.! one Tear 1.IHI Per furs. tl.M" I 00 O.w s.oo 19.00 Pre Column to.oo 31.00 M.no 79. M ln.oo IV intermediate aar,e or time In urnpnrilon or at pelel ratea, in AdrerlliemenL 1 Ilie aln rates to lake In een.ral ran of Ifct paper. 'ilriJM Tntntl-Ttft ftrctnt. Mlr. Ut-gnlar advertisers allowed qnarterly changes w.lhnut extra charge. I J- Obitnarr notices (lending one aqnarewlll lie liarred at Imiradveuleing rates. W B. OKATIS. IK. B. BSMTOH. GRAVES &HENT0N NO. 15 FOURTH STREET, Canton Missouri, TIIOUUIJiUmUUUI!l Proftaatonol Caria. DR. HUGHES c.ontlnurs to practice UfioeiBri.ny in Chronic Ulv , ppmilUonip1ilntaMpeiilly. ittmWo on Fourth turoei, tvrn ttoont bf low f Anion IIOUM . Ilpl74tr ' " JOHN W. HAWKINS PHYSICIAN & SURGEOX, Will lve prompt at tint ion to all cwa mtriMinl t il" CI DRUGS,, V; Patent Medicines, Dyes, ! WtiJl'TS, OILS, I BOOKS, 8TAT10NKBT, ' , Fancy CSrOocia, j t'UTI.F.It V, fcC. j Mlunrtllt " - j j w ill ii uiiiyjii j DKAI.lt R IN Drugs MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, DYES,' Mll.mt'S BDILniKO, : ' fourth street, above i.kw is CM'TOjV, mo. BB. OBHrU TOTHT HUSBAVS. Bo jentlo th.ro an honn wllen lir Bj aazlou otro Ii touod ; And ihidowi dttp ll on his brow. Br bmlMM trltli oronod. Bo gentl. : for too ho tolb), And Ihlnka and triTOI to fain Home oomforta and homo happineM ; , Don't let blm itrlro In Tain. Be gentl. : thengh eomo haitjr wor.l . Should (all, it was sol meant ! A smile, a kind word will recall, And many more prerent. . U. gentle : Oh I 'twill soothe much car?, And make oaoh harden light ; A gentle ton will smooth the brow, A nd draw an answer bright. Be gentle t though it may aerm hnril To check an angry word ; Yet try, and It will snrrly I. ring A full and rich reward. does hor fathor do?" ' ,rtn "Hekeops a largo clothing Mb- lishment." ' "What!" roarod Pen ny wise '"A tailor? It shall not be. The arms of I'onnynise shall novor bo married with a needlo, or distigaroil by great , Uonven I a goose I It shall never ft DOTcr never!" -: i"7 .T1" P?,if?,'tun,0 ,m 1 nd,cbt" PS0G2ESS OF RAILWAYS IN MIS-oil lor this visit " be asked, wheeling SQTTRT around IVora hie desk. SUUSI. "To tbe best of fortune," answered tbo governess. "Pleaso road this ad- ''0 fulluning intureslin tublo ox-vcrtiscment that 1 am eoiurr to insert' hibita tho iirogreas of railway build- in to-raorrow morning's papers," nnd lnK Missouri for tin- pnst thirty-two "PHZSS"-ID.. sne hanaoa mm a slip ot paper on which ho read the followintr : uItmnstbe!"saidLannoolot,iroin'l;l - "M.titRiirD On Tnesdny, tho 17th tho door, "Cnuao I've 'poppod Inst., at Grace Chnrch, by T!cv. Joro. BE OSNTLE TO TH7 WIPE yenrs : TSAR. 1MU 1 "-65., 13(! 167 I Be gentle for yoa llttlp know Bow many trials rise : . Although to thee.they way be hiiiiII, To her of giant size. Iln gentle though perchance tlMt lip May speak In murmuring tone ; The heart may speak wltu kinrtneM yet, And Joy to he thlto own. Bo gentle weary hours of pain 'TIs woman's lot to bear ; Thon yield to bar what support tlin.i And.a!lJitr.Boiijluri to ; nnd she's accented me.' Tho old roan mechanically arose, 1 and walked to bis study, where ho be gan pacing mo noor, as we round him : at tho corainoncomont of onr storr."' A gontlo knock on the library door i roused Mr. Pennywiso, and bidding ' me nnocKer come in, no aoiuoa him-i self in his easy chair, and prapared to i-ccoivo his visitor. Tho visitor proved to be tho govern-. ess of tho two Misses Ponny wise ngei , twolvo and fourteen whose disnr- derly conduct and wilful destruction , of wardrobe and text-books occasioned j many n yiajj. to. the library, ..aftctahc i dinnor-hour, by the governess. , She was a neat, pretty littlo body, 1 this eovci-ness. and had nflon ntirnr iml jlhonulice of tho youug bloods who he cnllod a messengor, nnd bade him ' nnd population, during n given period, minh Waller. D. D., S. T. J)., Mr. Charles tinshinston to Rmoline, eldest 1K.8., daughter of Jacob Petersham, Ksq., 1MD.. all ofthiscitv. No cards." , "My doar Jiliss lorr," sauf Penny- juuijiing i up irum inn i 'inur, , n)ig "you Imvo saved tho family you huve ism . ...... W done wonders I owo you n debt of '.'25 grntitado I can never pay." ,st!(i 938 "Well, hero is a debt you owo mo j-'J yon can pay," inid Amy, producing iksd""!!" '"!!!!!!!!!!!!!'."..'."!."!!!!!!"!!!'. 1713 the agreement. "I will thank you for ; l70.'!I"""..Vl!i!!I.VlIl"JJ""".V.VJ.V.".'."." i.'ooo ten thousand dollars in greenback, ! Is"' 2.5SO I don't want a cheek, I want the nioii. ' J633 2,l!73 ":. .. ... . ;:;::-;::;:;,:,vv-"::":"r":; ,tvi . .'.'My dear Aliss...JJorrv-. said tlie. ." c.eeuingij:. vaiuaotQ banker, "if it took my last dollar, I , " criterion of tho material progress would not repudiate vour claim." of 1,10 s"ll0 for il ' 1,11 accepted fact AnUdruwinfrnchcc It tort ho amount. I "'"l ",u "'" " " ","J weauu AN UNCOMMON 8WUT STIAM- I BOAT. I I Sulnd lor tho solitary I.ettnco Accoriling In the (.'incimmli Knqui-1 "'"no. t reran anriuut mnriin'r tcll hi :-! Impecunious animals Those who porienco us follows: ; haven't a scent. "I suppose yon never beunl of the Tuno does not hnw to. old Klephuul lliut used to run botweeu must bow to time. The coin that is most current among mankind I flatter'. you, you When is a thief like n reporter!1 Whon ho take notes. your name on jcamo tovisit Launcclot, but sho paid igo to the bank nnd get ten ono thoiin- nml Collreo, canton, gmar, in I A large Stock ol w.e. DOWN IS , ATTORNEY AT LAW, PURE DRUGS, PATKNT MEDIOINKS, Be gentle for tho noblest heaita At times sanst bar somo grief, And tren In a pattlsh word May seek to and relief. NOTARY PVKL1C, CANTON, MO. ' tj-Offleo over Grates A Hentort's nriijj stori1 "TJecTSIf ' j.. T. Lewis, ATTORNEY AT LAW, REAL ESTATE AND General Collection Aent, CANTON - MO., BKIHO nerlectly acitinlntPil with the BUrronndlne oountry, lutM auncrlorracllitica for buying una telling real rbliHe, and cbd moke quick collections. Advancement!! luml. on good paper, r.. 4 ll Iraats fulalletl with protntttneat anil flili-lltr. Offlre in Bank rlmlding, Corner i 4 th & Ievt S I s I laolS8tl ' , FANCY AND TOILETTE GOODS.; Tors', noTiosi, I ' Palnta, OUa, Dyes Glass, &c , ' Constantly on haml, ami aoMt Low For Cash. prtiiscHirnoNs carefuija com ! POUNDED. ' C. TAWEKDE. ISaptGOtr Be gentle none an perfeet JieM ; - Thon'rt dearer fur than life j Then husband bear, and still forWar-Bo gentle to thy wife 1 HOW SUS EIU IT. W. A. 3I KIM, No. 10 Fourth St., I'nnlon, Mil., DKAT.ER IN I TAtremoTedhlaofflco. to No. 19 Fourth street L oppoiiM UAWKin a JJurBtc's Btore, wun Dr. Uiutfrovo. nu prcparuii to ao an worn in i Hat 01 mi Drofaulon In & workmanlike manner, Twtb Inserted on Uold lMato, I'litlna, Contlnn- oaj Uum nd btlvoi I'Uia. Tetilh sittritotad witu- oot pun. smuiieif-u 15otcla. DOWNS HOUSE, 7 Corner of atb auil-UwIa SlreuU, CANTON," - - IWIHSOWWl - ir.tf. DOWNS. PtajnUlor. OCCIDENTAL ".HOTEL, s C23 HAMPSHIRE BTKKUT, Nonrn Sina, o.tirv, r. nuavns, proprietor. lon'7.1tl ' Farmers' Hotel, MOUTICEIiLO, MO., W. P. MITSSCn, Proprietor. A well fnrnlabed table, moderale chaise, ffllh Potor Pennywiso was in deep grief. All tho hopes of a lifo-timc wore to bo frustrated. Tho fond ambition ho had so long nursed, bis pot scheme tomako tho name ol Pennywiso the greatest in tho land, was now no more. His only son, Launcclot, was to married, and married to a plobian to a trii'l who I hnd wealth, but no name, no family. no ancestry, or no cont-ol-nrms on tho pnnol of hor conch. Could human misery be greater ? I "Could tho Ossa of ifriof pilot! on tho i Polion of disappointment moko n 1 Uio govorncss, henvior load of sorrow t No. Tho cup "No, I an powerless powerless, of Pennywiso was full to tho brim, ! will wed tho tailor's daughter, and and ho must drain it lo tho lees, how-1 disgrace tho great, tho aristocratic ovor bitter tho draught Such was ! namo of Pennywiso." tho tenor ol old Pennywiso's musings ! Thcro was a smilo playing around as he pncod tho volvot-carnolod flnoi-i tho corners of Miss Dorr's mouth, nnd Agricultural lmnlpirifnte lof ms 'ibrnryon tho evening whon our' satirical twinkle in her eve, ns Mr. Agricultural implements, , . ....,,,,, . . ; P01,nvw,s0 8oko of his '.-!.m,.,.,.i naa bad with bim,asthoysnt togotherrnnmc. CUTLERY, NAILS, AND BUILDERS MATERIALS, AIM ROCK ISLAND PLOWS, .. In great variety. Including the celebrated Black Hawk Cultivator, And many other kind of not tho slip-htest nttontinn cither to thoir compliments or glances, attending quietly to hor pupils, and seeming wholly wrappod up in their chartre. In i fuel, Churley Gnshington, who was l falling in lovo with every girl ho met, i onco observed of hor to Launcelot : .iiiKt, 1 "Launco, that governess gal ! .wuai. uor-nnme f A my Uorr pnl ff r got any heart. Tho only thing sho ; could lovo would bo nioi o pupils, or plenty of money." "Good ovoning, .Miss Dorrtuid TPennywise, whon Amy hnd entered J the library. ' What ran I do lor you this ovoniug ? " "Kxciiso mo, sir," said Amy, hesitatingly. "I wished to soo you about I my pupils, but I see yoa nro grioved , and agitated, and as I fancy I know tho causo of your ngitntion, I will not annoy yon with my commonplace comiiiniius, "You know the causo?" gasped Pennywiso. " Yos, sir; I have no wish to intrude my opinions or my knowlodgo, but the catiRO ol your griol is, I imagine, the approaching marriage of your son, nnd I think he is acting most foolishly." " You nro right, Miss Dorr," asserted lhooldgontlomnn--"You uro right." Ho is acting most foolishly most foolishly." "l annotyou prevent il ? asked und dollar notes. Alter tho messen ger hod departed on his orrand, Pennywiso turned to the governess and said : "How tlid my son bear the nvws that Miss Petersham was false to him? is nn approximate ratio to tho number ol miles ot railway built, Tho reasons for this aro too obvious to need demonstration. Tho lirst railway building clone in tho Stato was in 18 12, when 8S miles ot track were laid. I roni that period until 185.1, thirteen so ms. us i:ti) ; Cincinnati and Jfow Orleans. She 144 Wis a beauty. I suppose that when ?!? ' sho was tied to the hank with n storn-I line and tow-line sho was ono of tho " st7 1 fastest boats on tho river. She made 838 1 ono colobinted trip from Orleans, I' U is better to ran-o ... 38 think in '47. Her time was made n hmri, il. nn m-l,l matter of record. Tt was seven dnvs six hours and three weeks. Comi'ii' I , olfux is a liboral patron ol hoo. up from Orleans once, tho Captain t'll"k, aml "IT10 was sitting ut tho liihle, und ho noticed . Expcriendo is a torch lighted in the several hig hulks of fellows hcrvin' as , ahes of our delusions, cabin-boys. He called Ihe steward to i , , , . , , ,. him nnd'he Wx, 'don'l you think it1. A had wind-upol the week reeling would look better to have hoys wait- home on "'S1"-in' on tho table t I don't like to soo Very, very blonde hair is now call-men lilliii' the place ol cabin-boys. J od "tho light fantasticJow l.ol'emgonna get some young cliaps 'Why, d n it, Captain,' says the steward, 'them fellows were boys when wo lell i o w I Irleons.' " " I ho ilepluint, contmucu .Mr Thnnk honven. mv I'amilv will not he ye"', "ot i ot road was built in uisgniccd! " W h err ho" ITrst ilncovereil that .Miss I'otei-shain was receiving attentions from Mr. (inshington, ho threatened to commit snicidu ; but I linally induced him to listen to reason, and he attended tho roremony last night." "Hut how iliil you cllect this nltorn- Troublos are liko dogs ; tho smaller they aro tho moro they annoy yon. Tho best engineering building n Hartshorn, clinging to : bridgo of faith over tbo rivor of Heath. Iiiu nmitSi'o! i,,t,i !cmi, "n'liu mill. I in' out from Mcinpliis one day on n down triji, and somehow she got mixed up with a rait of saw-logs. 8hc hroko one of logs loose, and it floated out into the stream Tho Klcphunt headed down the river, and dually tho State, but in tho iiextJvoj:i!araS'?l.n-'i21,fi-0f-t'lfl-Ml' Thcu-oiuJ 'fho boyhoTindOTOoiTToutiran" TtTe hniidsoTno nuinberof (iTS miles menced one of tho nicest races you egg-plant anil was choked bv the yolk, was added to tho 139 in 155, making ovor 8eo- 'f ll0re wft,, R S001 "'"K0 of has reeovorod. To all of which T wonld Invite the attention ol Ihe public, and solicit n liberal almre or llieir valued IiHirunBRe, OmulfJtr GKOUGE TALBOT DttAI.SR IM Groceries Provisions, KNimii's ni'ir.niNfi, Corner nfSth f Vlark Ms., Canton, Mo. riFFItBS A CIlntrK anil well u.artefl atnr.k nr KJ Faniiiy Urocerlea, Jto. , at renaonaule rate, lur of tllO scion of Cash for Country Produce. n)ium73ir lion in him '! You are n witel shonld say n gooil fair'. I low (lid vou doit?" "Will tho boy be longiil the hank ?" inquireil tho governess. "No : ho is hero now, I seo you want your monej- before you givoynnr information j quito right." Well, there it is. And ho handed hor tho money. Miss Amy walked to tho other end of tho room and placed tho mono-sale in hor bosom. Then, turning to .Mr. Pennywiso sho said : "Mr. Pennywise, you ask mo how I obtained your son's consent to tho union of Mr. (inshington and Miss Petersham." "And saved my sou from nn alli ance with a woman sociably beneath him," interrupted Mr. Ponnywise. "You marvol nmonjr women, will vou tell mo ?" "I will." "How did yuu do iti" "1 married him myself, liooil muni-1 ing, sir.' " AN ANCIENT CITY. Tho latest doden in books Ttoturn- ing borrowed volumes ns Christmas presents. On the rugged end ofdespaii The boy with n hole in tho sent of bis new trousers. water, und tho log boomed along right lively. I'or about a week they held together puny well, Dul Uio i.lc- hant hail to land at tho mouth of hite river, and Iho log bent her into New Orleans about twouty minutes. There was something wrong with the Elephant's boilers, and sho coulden't make steam proporly. That's what tho Captain said. Sho was a nieo boat to shiji fruit on," said Mr. Hartshorn. EARLY MAKEIA32S. BD. XAGOff. joinr ii. bio OK, ample artllnf and ynn' " WILUAM ELLIS, DEALER IS LUMBER, .SHINGLES, LATH SASHt noons s, sums, WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES, CoIlegeSt., bet. tlhandtttli, ' CANTON, - : - MI880UIII A NEW and liberal stock on hand for th 3R3 ilr of ouitomern on satuntctory termn. MM WARRANTY QUIT-OLAIM u administrator's DEEDS OF TltTJST -.-.-5-rt--r -.--r-i-AiriiW JtloitiMajES, For Sale at this Office. EAGON & BIGGS, PKALRKM IN GROCERIES WHVSTOTS" No. 25 Kortli Fourth fltrett, CANTON, - MISSOURI. tJT The Hlgliftt Market Price pntd fjrConntry Protluoe "SJS7. 0. Daniels, DXAtss. nr . Pork Provisions ONE DOOR W1EST OF City Hall, Clark Street, Canton, Jlo. The highest CASH R ATE. will he paid for COUNTRY PRODUCE IJanflmo Enjoy Tour Smoking ' . . TOU CAN DO T! BY " Buying your Cigars OF AUGUST GLOESER Lewis St. bet. 2d 48d.: 1 AT WHOLESALE OU RETAIL. .eaepWU . I New Stock! NEW, STYLES! Jt IUtGK ASSORT MKKT Of t-Lttclies iPine Shoes, B0QTatS.H0ES! .. . V ' Or SXSTQtJAIJTT, ' OilBtonlacl3s i' TTJ3T RECEIVED! : , And eenuig at UWBST riQUBCS at Ik. Boat A Shoe Store of . i, . . . .. . rt.BTWAHT.-. No.-ss Clark street, Caetoa, Mo; Haqffstr ' ''J y ... ,Confsct!2ii8ry IceGrecs Saloont ,.itr.tar'WlMj.; If rt Lsrsc Tor-- t"-jaaf;slt Ms. y " Oa lr tawtM.Uaewkia laesai. Mt I L. W .-oq fcrrar ' --ie. tsaatiaott , t .,.. ,w j QUEER & FLEMING. (Sncevitaor toH.S. Turner,) WlSTSKaeir UNDERTAKERS, Bland Street between Sth and 7Ul, CANTON, . MISSOURI A full assortment of - METALICCA8E8& CASKETS WOOD COTTltit, ETC., I El KKPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. t3 tMpi'itr sipping their winei after Jiaw, hnd ueou the cnuso ot tins tumult In the breast of Petor Ponnywise. Launcelot was a weak-eyed and pink-skinnod youth, with thin yollow hair, which he parted in Iho contre, and a littlo wisp of saffron whisker on each aido of his face, the palling of which with his nervous little hand constituted the principal employment of tho scion of the house of Penny-wise."Pather'snidLnuncolot, after gulping down two or three glasses of wine to givo him courngo. " Father." "Well, my son, what do you want ?" asked the pompous head of tho house. "What do you think of marriage?"! " What do I think of what?" qucs- iioneii uio surprisoa rennywiso, rarmnce, rcpnea Jiauncc or -PHILLIPMILLERr OITOmMINaatalaaeweallSles.eY &t Xewts Strut, aim Fourth, At terms which; otisTfsnge competition a choioe GROCERIES. CROCKERY kl QUEENS WARE wooDmrAE, i" Louisville Hydraulit Cement, ;..' . ..!! '" : ; I . J P HAT 7TCN - ..sjasaei r,CTpHr-wOi.' ii"-. i "Matrimony, you know.. Two hearts with but a single thought, two souls that boat as ono, und all that." "I think that every man should marry, and I would bo glad to hear that you bad fixed your uiFcclions on some lady with tho proper qualifications," said Pennywiso. "Whntnro the proper qualifications ?' inquired Launcelot. "ramily," replied his rather, "Family whatevor else yon do, bo sure to never disgraco tho namo of Ponny wise by a plobian connection." " Why, is our family such a grent one r aemanaoa tne yoong man. . "A great ono !" ecbood Pennywise; wny, us mo greatest in tho land. Study carefully tho geneabgical troe that bangs in the hall, and. which cost me five thousand dollars to have prop erly traced, and you will seo that the name of PonnvwiBe was ns well known ns that of William at the time of the Norman conquest, and that thecoat-of-arms is ono of the miut respectable and nneiont that ovor heraldry boasted of." " Well, of course, that's all trne, father; but I've heard some of the follors at the club say that grandfather was a pawn " , . , i vYour grandfathor was a broker arid n banker, as I myself am, and Was fully aware of the responsibility of being worthy of his family," said Mr. Pennywise, Interrupting his son: ittherefore.be.iegan.my-edaetiot by impressing the value of a family namo npon my young mina, ana so, whon l had grown older, and he intimated to me that I ought to marry, the highly ruspoetable Miss Poundfoolish, I wont to that lady, proposed, and was accepted. Thus I consolidated the two great families ot rennywiee and ronndlool-ish, and you and yonr two sisters are the result. Bat you asked rov opinion of matrimony-'-aro' yon thinking of marrying r ... - - Ye-es; sir," gasped Launcelot. ; M And whom do you propose honoring with your namo?". ; i, Hlss-a-Miss Petersham,", answered the youtkful Ponny wise, i , t -. u.Perersham---Peter8ham ; I never heard of tv Petersham. Who is she ?" demanded the old gentleman, with a darkening broir:' ' - ' - ;,. "She I very rlcB'.,:J. '' ; Ana Jjanttoeiot nraitored. : :: t'Biohea are TomwelL but von do not need them. :i Yotrt mother lefl all ber fortune, and I shall leawe- you half of mine if you marry as I, wish, Whcistbia ibis e4enlUsa, ,w5Tt -v.: i 'il. . ''Hiin --At CI i-.i:a t Can you not tlirenten to disinherit him r sho asked. "Xo use no use," uroanod the dis- consulate Ponnywise; "he has half u million left to him by his mother. "A half a million 1" cried Amy, and tho smilo nnd twinkle faded uwny, leaving her face stern, and calculating- lOOKIIIft. "Air. I'oiiuywise, tins uianiago would bo scandalous. Listen ; I know .Miss Potorsham very well; iufuct,she considers mo ner intimnto Iriond "My son's wilo tho intimato friend ot a govornoss, signed Pennywise, regardless of tho feelings of the girl bo-fore him. "Yes," replied Amy, not heeding the insult ; " but sho is only a tailor's daughter: " Alas ! alas ! too true, too true," said the- tinlortunato I'onnywise. " Mr. Pennywiso," continued Amy, " yon aro rieli, very rich, and l am poor, vory poor. Von regard this marriage as a disgrace to your family. I think I can prevent it. What, will you givo me il I do ? " " My dear Miss Dorr," cried old Pen nywiso, jumping np from his cbair, "if you can prevent my son from murry- ing tne tailors aaugnier i win nestow upon you ten thousand dollars." '"Tib a bargain," said thogoverness. "Please write a little agreement to this ofToct : That as soon as I givo yon proof that Miss Petersham is marriod to somo one olso than yonr son, yon will pay me the sum of ten thousand dollars." . "Married to somo ono olso than my son !" euid Ponnywise, as ho was writing tho ngreomont. "Yes," answered Amy, ((that is my plan. I will multe her marry a young man I have in my mind now." ' "But my son will not permit it : ho is so loscinnted by this tailor's daughter.""I will seo that ho permits it," tho governess said, taking tho agreement Mr. I'ennywiso haa drawn out and signed. , "My duty is to provent tho marriage with Alms Petersham. "Yes," said the old man, "Do that and I will bless yon;" and the inter view enaog. For the week immediatolyjfollow s; suo vvciiuig-xnG ioregoipg conver sation tooK place, Miss Amy, vory much to their dclip-ht. absented her self entirely from hor pupils; and she migbt nave Doen seen any afternoon walking arm in arm with the lovely auss retorstmm. ;, j, During these walks, somehow, Mr. Charley Gushington invariably met the two ladies and joined them in their j:j i i i . . wuik nor uiu ne seem w regard me meetings as at all- unexpected. Tbe fact was that the jwily governess had introduced Mr. GoBUington to Mies Petersham, and was, unknown to them liinoisg the flame that they declared was i consuming ; both ttieir 'yoong hearts, . i , ,: ..... ... .... , ... Three weeks "had passed since the night Miss Amy had agreed to prevent tho marriage of yoqqg Penny wise with Mias Petersham, when one morning the governess presented htreelf to tbe clerks in the office Of Mr. Pennywise. ana asttea to see that gentleman, one was qsberajoLinio a pstvafoBUsstTVJre be, jfoiepi JnelsrlBVorewi yatjiniMihurprUsdlAsekisvwUir. .t '.! I co 1 '! "'A ormnoinli,ni i.n. r.,..:ul.,t .... 1 . "J iui iiiiu .III i ouil, interesting description of an ancient ! Year. city in .New Mexico, inhubited by u remnant of tho race, which centuries ago was a flourishing tributary of Montezuma's empire. Ho has visited tho towns, tulkod with their inhabilniits, and studied their customs. Tho larg est souloment is In Now Mexico, about thirty miles South of tho border lino ol Arizona. A strong wall surrounds it, nnd within nro houses for about four thousand people, though tho population is only 1,800. Tho language and somo of the customs resomble Chinese, thongh religions worship is formal nnd pompous. Tho priests have heavily embroidered robes, which have boon used for unnumbered years. IXiko tho Poruv-iansy-rhrrpcoTjIo fcscjr a total of 817 miles 1800. In lSlOtho tho population of tho Stnlu was 383,. 702 ; in 1850, 082,0Wan increase- of :MI7,:!I0. In 1 Still the population was 1,IS-',012, an incioaso of 44'J,!ltJS, or nearly double that of the previous decade, showing that tho inlluenco of railways in developing tho country was thon beginning to lie felt. In tho dccailo from 1800 to '70, in spito of tho devastation of war, tho State built 1,18.1 miles of road muking in nil 2,-000 and added 530,2S3 to her popula tion. During the noxt threo yoars ending January I, ii4, I no Mtato There are hundreds of young men built I'lO miles of road, and the in- that should bo married' w'ho are not crease ol population has been propor- married. To marry early is discreet iionai. .mil wise. And when men and womon But it i'b in tho marvelous liiercaso aro of'n murriaienblo atro. 1 think it to in iiiitiunui nciutn, es penally ill ino no. in iroiienu. true tuat, 11 is wnoie lurolopmcntot mininjj and miinulac- sonic lor them to bo inarneil. It is luring industries, that railroads havo not necessary that they should remain neon especially useiiit in .Missouri. sintrle because they stand in poverty Without railroads our fertilo prairies for two can live as cheap as one, if wouiu no uniiueu, onr mineral weal in they live with discretion, it tliey live iiiiuiiii-iiuu, "hi iiuiiiiiiuciorii-H nun wiui co-oiieiaiive zeiu, ii tney live us furnaces unbuilt. Hut railroads aro thov ouirht to livo. If the vottntr man ino inai'icians tnai nuvo urouuin con- is willinsr to seem poor when no stiniers and producers together; havo poor; iftheyoungwomnn,boingpoor; brought the iron from the banks, tho is willing to' live poorly ; if they are coal from tho mines to tho common williuir to plant their' lives toirothcr contora whero our immense factories like two seeds and wait for their nro now located. Let us examine a crrowth. and look for their abundance lew statistics in relation to tho increase bv und bv. when they Imvo luirlv ol --manufacturing industries in -.Mis- earned it: then it is a uood thinir for them to come early into tins partner ship., r'or'chnraeters adaptjthemselvcs souri from 18."0 to 1870. Amount Vo. E..- No, III ill!. I. ur lui-iit?. ITanili . Capital. If."- .j,i.j.n lvjus . ",.-i;ti,Mi7 ihi :i,n: i-i.iwi ...n,(ui,.o l;u ll, .-;t ti.,t3.'ii .ii,.'!;.!.'! Iheso figures are theii Xo one will ' Valu of - I'niililct iV-iH'i! 'if fit" more easily than thov iim.'auliaii afterwards. They who marry corlv own com- nro like vinos trowing tot;otber, and uientuiT. An one will venture to twining round and round each otnor, question that nino-tenths of this won- whereas, multitudes of thoso who dcrful increaso in manufactures is due marry late in life stand side by side to tlio extension ol railroads. They like two iron columns, which Deing bring together tho consumer imd pro- separated at the beginning, never come ducer, the miner and manuiucturcr; any nearer to each oilier. llio snipper and receiver. Abolisli our railway system and mining, man- Tim coming transit of tho planet tifueturcrs and agriculture would in- nits, Dec. 8, 1874, is nn event of great sianuy connpsc. uven hampering importance to tho sciontmc world, legislation moro severely affects tho and extonsivo propunitions are being iiiniiuiiieiurersinan mo rnnroaos tnem- made tor tho on selves. Hmhraif Rmsm- The story of the lieccber scandal is to bo published in ten octavo volumes of f00 pages cacli." Why is natni'O liko u baby ? lie-causo ibere is generally n squall when its Inco is washed. M. Tliiors is quite restored to hoalth and likely to outlive a dozen more French rovolutions. A car of fruit is shipped Cast from Son Francisco, Cal., every day. Kaeh car contains ton tons. Lord Kgcrton has pnld $52!,O0O for two estates containing about 0.10 acres in Chcshiro, England. A late marriago in London was between Mr. Pickle and Miss Onion. Ono moro onion pickled. They fined a man in Boston the nth-or day'just for singeing a cat to drive tho witches away I Shame I In Montana when thoy start a man down hill in a barrel thoyspoak of his "appearance in a new roll." Tho King of Dahomey has a necklace composed of 2.10 human ears, nnd that necklace is his great pride. Thoro are only tbreo ways of get-"'"" ting out of a scrape write out, back out nnd, the best way, keop out.- Thoro will bo no post-oflico clerks in heaven unless the L'irls stoD direct to each oilier tn the early 'periods of ing thoir lottors "outti-corncred.". . " Tho Etnpross of Austria is said to bo the handsomest princess and one of tbe handsomest women in Europe. Charles Botioker, of San Jose, California, received 958 Angora goat by a single railroad train the other day. "She has a magnificent voioo for a (og whistle," is a portion of a Western description of a local prima donna. Brigham Young calls it "celestial marriage," because no earthly court will hold it to be any marriage at all. iiieprvniinn iit'lhiit pla a record of ovonts by tying knots in long cords, iho government is nd ministcrod by thirteen caciaues. oi chiefs, six of whom aro selected forliio, the others being elected from time to time, mere isn head chiorandn vico head chief, a war chief, otc. . Evory. body votes, morals aro good, and wo men nro respected, a fact which nlone makes n wido gulf botwoon tho dwell ers in this ancient city and tho horso-mon of tho plains. Tho place was montioncd by a Spanish Jesuit in 1,)29. and is probably ns old nsthe Moxican empire which was in its hevdnv of glory and prospority whon invaded by Cnrlez. The Mir.i.tNiAL Celebration iu Ice land has mado the world familiar with tho social and political condition of the poople ot that Dlacls and isolated re- gion. xnose groat nations who boast of tho achievements ol civilization in arts, arms and commerce may derive somo useful lossons in the social order, contentment and simple thrift which prevail among thoso dwellers amid tho giaciors oi the frozen zono. We nro told that in a population of 70,000 three persons charged with functions similar to our police officers, and vice and crime are of most infrequent oc currence. V bile thoro aro no great educational institutions, the facilities for rudimontnry instruction are sharod by al, and literature and science have uevoiea patrons, ino judiciary sys win. in WIIHH feature of w lion, whero parties litigant meet and state thoir grievances to the presiding judge, who isonabled usually to secure a settlement without the intervention of lawyers. The right of suffrage is extended to all who pay their taxes tbe poll-tax alone being about Vt. 'I be new constitution gives to tbe Iceland ers the right to regulate their own affairs, and affords many of tbe features of free government, for which they have long contendod, and its promul gation by tbe king baa greatly endear ed turn to tbe people,, though tbeir disiitte of JMorway, ot which they are an integral prqvince, and by whom tbey have been oppressively taxed, is ery bitter.i-, , - et across tho sun's disk. Tho last transit, visible from the enrtli neenri-ed OFF THE TRACK. in 1869, and there will not bo another till 2004. By the knowledge wo now One of the pernicious practices which P0?8088- 08 ? u.asls ,or ."iauon, i havo grown up under tho reign of the " impossible io ascertain ino earth s Radicals, and especially of the Jladi- danco 'from the sun within 800,000 cals during Grant's Administration, is T .o, in oon Jn that of invoking tho aid oftho Federal about 8M80.000 milos as slight a mat-Governmont in cases whero tho Fod- ras,tlio distance above mentioned oral Ciovornmont has no right to act. "m"u lu ul ol ' ' P""" . ,ra- ir i, i..,h .it r ir.j portance; but a vnnntion oi 4U times oral usurpations, both legislative and executive, ef which the people most "on loounconain xosuitasironomors. interested have not complained be- It expected that tho observation cause placed in a powerless minority, w.l1,1,c1h W,H bo ,1,k,on "oxt .fZ and in which tho Democratic lenders w! 1 lenve n,"rSl" of. on 5.0' 00 have been forced to acquiesce, because m! f 8 open to doubt. As tho transit too feeble to exert any influence in will occur in the winter tho base of presenting n Buccossftii resistance. With a dominant majority of latitudi-noits nnd unscrupulous" Radicals, a President of easy political virtue, und a Mipreme i;onrt brought into exist ence by tho ruling faction of Centralists, the Fedoral Government baa con- observation must bo located south of tho equator. Great Britain will have stations in tho Sandwich Islands and in seven other localities. The United States will have eight parties in the field. France will occupy three sta tions, Russia four or five, and Gei- An Irishman founds a Government blank raeeotly,and rolling it np put it under ibis arm and . walked off, say ing, "Xuk that's moine U for Path rick,and,S lorMoCarty; be me sowh bat thia leavfntftHie-a feiuT tliiut, aai . i Wlian a CJaioagu maoninl nron sm father arald y : fr-if I hadn't aa esUmtiion I wtulda'fi beaUter find. ki.tvt ... i . .. i tinued encroaching on and absorbing JT uve- T.ho Prol,Ie.m 19 ."'"'I'O' tho rights of the States until tho latter !ei'!?iE?T ?!C"",S -r"',,,,!.R havo become almost as Impotont aa ,"V ' counties, Tho dawn of Democracy, ' which has botrun to aoooar. and the i.t.,i... ni,n, . ...... .!:.. .!... v roassertion onoe more of Slates Bights ,i.mnHH n ..tnnifhnl nmiL nrr doctrines win, wo trust, botore long twolvo-yenr-old, whom she caught fn restore the States and tbo General WOod-shed with somo companions, Government to the respoctive sphorcs eaoh wiln a figtful 0 cards, tbey were Intended to occupy by tho fraraers Of tha Constitution. wn tha rranonnf. .nHdinrr nnvtmiQlv m he saw the old lady take- offher. tods. The judiciary sys-l i wotita oo gtaa to kDowJiajJe ly aaministeredxastrilungr Tenns'l'hinks uboul all these urepar-L,,,) to j0 hich is tho court ol nrbitra- ations lor obsomng her transit, ll rm,.in,i.in ,,n T,tr 1 tne grlm reply, and the yells or that mnst be extromelj- harrowing to her DOy convnced the neighbors that she -. , not lonret to score, glasses" front all cornors of the earth. . , . Suppose yon had a transit, Mrs. Grun- Moniy Will Spist. A New York by, wouldn't you grumble at Jthat sort man who believes in advertising paid of thing? Wo have private and pep- a bill of $78,000 the other day tor a sonai reason tor believing mat v enus years worlf, out it was money well is Drcnarinir to inauire whether she spent for the earninm resulting- from has any rights which astronomers are that advertisement, which were divid-bottnd to respect ed among fbur persons, footed up to - oso,uo. ' 1 Dear Out Roiri "Now thon mm 1. 1 . : ; ame, Dlease look at this place on the To obtain a postage stamp at a Nia-wall.''snid a photographer to good old g hotel requires a five minutes Aunt Elizabeth, when he had put her struggle with two negroes and a bald tn positron ana tne piate in tne camera. uc"u ui-i . tad the flood ret-", fair to the phototrranher. cnntltr re-1 . --- i o marked :' "I doat see aeything there I" hack and ao to aieea wilhout dream ing of his niotber-o-lw. it is ocmaid- erett a anmcieat. (Tonia io qivoron. "Oh I ma.' There's aa angel with wing."j"Pah,w t that', nnjr . Tnia, yille girl with her ear spread." -,, ;,( j. Pours 'Pleas, air. V roerTlstr my oorn long etKms;b P'l kick yoa.'.'. Any Plymouui church man will tell you that this scandal businoss has rouse ed all tho lyin' in his nature. If. Y. Commercial. .. , "Now, Sam, if you don't stop licking them molasses, 1 II tell the. man." "By chalks, you tell the man, nnd I'll lick you and the 'lasses too." A delicate lady -who went to the White Sulpnr Springs on a mattress was so restored to health that she married a man worth 1200,000. ,.- i . A Now Orleans colored lady remarked that ber husband holds tbe " 'stinguislied position of stnpidnumer-ary on tho metropolitan police.'' Mrs. Austin, of Alexandria. Virginia. i. i , , '. k .r. ' uus iitcu in ono neignDornooa, tnirty-eight years and' hover borrowed hor neighbor's flat-irons or a cup of sugar. It is now vhnuied that the so-called California wild cofl'co i not tbe coffee plant, but ii plant resembling it, the beriy of which nets ns a powerful pur-gativo. ! -i." t-4ia :v ti... ' ' "Of course, we Couldn't have htm roaming around here and putting on Congressional aire," says a Nevada paper in explaining how a horse-thief came to his end. , , . s. Had a bail-storm - last sight," remarked a guest to a California landlord. "O no," was the reply, "only a raw of the boys shooting at the Chinamen, and the balls rattled against the nine. " " - -" ' ' rl : A German - resident of Trov haa a hen which, thrives on a daily allowance of lager-beer. This is eminently appropriate, as the beverage fh tines-tionderivea its nam' Irom the verb " "Jagern, to lay.".., -,.b '.Mi. "Biddy." soid a lad v. Stes iworand see. how oldXra. JaMalaiaHtr mora ing.", Iq a, few minutes Biddy returned with the information that MraJ Jones was seventy-two yearav-eeten months, aad two days old MtsJs soth ingwli.-.,:,., ,1( ) tf,.iilOT III"."'!! "lt ; Tbe inspiring sttosblae f th Mason haa tooohedth btmri elaa Aadiasiap-lis girl who coeclodea letter, lhas : "The ring is reaad, the dish is square, and we'll be married the next Stats) ialr. yTh ve'lbsdl rtt;; tMifcraa ahaus play,aod w'U gc-oVeMSinf all tha sra. U war. soon. j w la fllastratiea of Ue nle taos ikrtv fottva", eosnhinailns are tw fed weaponsventtiB both. we, 1 1 .w " aagepi s re a soot" lag. . ,ras. .uob ; 4 . : t-ey; aar 0 : tor W jmia. pro jidii4ff'iWt,, . . .iro:ifieJ Hiw ?.n-- 'b t i m r ."' Jl.se It. :